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Portugal × Spain × European Union ×

People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Acquisitions of citizenship (people), 2000 to 2024
Period PortugalSpainEuropean Union
2024 20,624 people 252,476 people 1,177,232 people
2023 16,985 people 240,208 people 1,054,451 people
2022 20,844 people 181,581 people 990,857 people
2021 24,516 people 144,012 people 827,708 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2020 32,147 people 126,266 people 730,668 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2019 21,099 people 98,954 people 712,266 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2018 21,333 people 90,774 people 676,593 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2017 18,022 people 66,498 people 703,724 peopleb (break in time series)
2016 25,104 people 150,944 people 843,894 peoplee (estimated)
2015 20,396 people 114,351 people 721,740 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2014 21,124 people 205,880 people 762,138 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2013 24,476 people 225,793 peopleb (break in time series) 771,684 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2012 21,819 people 94,142 people 626,942 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2011 23,238 people 114,599 people 607,113 peoplee (estimated)
2010 21,750 people 123,721 people 619,801 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2009 24,182 people 79,590 people 566,079 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2008 22,408 people 84,170 people 575,354 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2007 – 71,936 people –
2006 4,447 people 62,375 people –
2005 2,981 people 42,860 people –
2004 2,855 people 38,220 people –
2003 2,435 people 26,517 people –
2002 2,704 people 21,805 people –
2001 2,217 people 16,743 people –
2000 1,625 people 11,996 people –

Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; e estimated; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.

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Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
migr_acq · dataset details · view at source
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freq=A citizen=TOTAL agedef=COMPLET age=TOTAL sex=T unit=NR
Observation period
1998 to 2024
Provider update
27 March 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat